I bought an item on eBay which was supposedly sent via Express Post on the 31st July.
However, today, the 2nd of August, the tracking shows as still not scanned.
I asked the help of the seller and the seller wrote, "I cannot answer as to why it hasn't been scanned yet by the post" and sent a picture of the parcel.
Since I am the recipient and not the sender, I do not know the sending information (ie. post office location, date/time sent, etc) which are needed to follow up with the post office. Therefore, I have limited information to provide when following up.
I don't want the seller to be annoyed at me. But am I wrong in assuming this is the seller's responsibility? I am also a seller, and I make sure I track the items I sold and follow up with the post office whenever there are tracking issues.
Previously, I politely requested for the item to be sent via Express Post and I will reimburse the difference between Standard Postage ($13.50) and Express Post ($16.40). Seller quoted me $8 additional for the upgrade, which I politely declined and requested her to send via Standard Postage, since I am familiar with the postage difference between Standard and Express and it should just be more or less $2-3. The seller still kindly sent the item via Express Post, and explained that "I have posted via express out of good faith as I understand you need the item urgently. Please note for future reference standard postage for 500g is $8.50, larger items only fit into 3kg satchels which cost $16.40." There is an express post satchel for 500g which costs $11.35, so I do not understand why the bag can be sent using 500g standard postage, but not by 500g express postage.
I asked the seller to send me a Paypal request for $3 so I can pay the difference (I cannot find the seller's email address in the original transaction), but I did not receive any.
I do not want the seller to be annoyed at me. I have already followed up with the post office, but I know that the next questions would be where did I drop off the item, date and time, etc which I cannot answer since I am not the seller.
Am I asking for too much?